ROTHSCHILDS OF THE PAST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 249, 20 April 1912, Page 10

ROTHSCHILDS OF THE PAST

WLALTHY JAPANESE FAMILY. •gS^tfWWs ouinai the Atlantic), the Mitsuis have ..mained practically unknown except to I' m^ant ß who have had Fu , K f T WiUl thG orient - The its " reat VOn,nv » hep,, V I''l - 01 ' il eentur , v there has sl, B h t«*t stain upon its comnuc a-honor ftit its career, it should be emembered, ) las been passed in a wo, id where business itself has been held " ,lonor ' the Mitsuis. engaged l n a pursuit utterly condemned by pubf J nh : nPnt lor thre « «enturies. in spite of the demoralising influence of the sown ban, have been trusted by government and people alike, and have kept h'r name unstained. Now, thanks to the new spirit, animating the nation, they no longer stand so conspicuously alone. . great commercial families are being ranged with this nne, their members not only enrolled among the peers of the 'aim, but ranking with the merchant ,'rr i u VP -t ils p xponents of all ; s honorable m the conduct of mercantile affairs. To their number are yearly being added many of the Samurai, or knightly IwTw'h f°i* W , ho onc ' e all contact with trade, but who are now entering the held of business affairs determine to bring to the rescue of their country the <,ne sense of honor in which they were educated under the ancient regime